Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in England

Desktop Virtualization
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Desktop Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 505 552
Rank change year-on-year -35 +47 +167
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 5 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.035% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.039% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 12
10th Percentile £481 £390 -
25th Percentile £508 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £470 £365
Median % change year-on-year +20.21% +28.77% -14.12%
75th Percentile £585 £480 £444
90th Percentile - - £549
UK median daily rate £565 £470 £365
% change year-on-year +20.21% +28.77% -14.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Desktop Virtualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,831 25,521 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.70% 88.62% 88.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,689 15,759 22,371
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 840 1,378
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.88 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Desktop Virtualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend in England

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation within the England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 5 £565 +61.20% 1
Desktop Virtualisation
UK

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) International Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCA
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix